Post AjcaFQlrgf0039ej1U by jasonpettus@mastodon.cloud
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 (DIR) Post #AjbXqKMxxO8FtDx4bY by jasonpettus@mastodon.cloud
       2024-07-05T00:53:08Z
       
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       I recently learned that the writers on the various '70s shows of Garry Marshall (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, etc.) had a phrase they called "joke adjacent language," where they wouldn't write an actual joke but just a line that actors could deliver with the zaniness of a joke, and trick the audience into laughing anyway. Thinking about that a whole, whole lot this week as I attempt to watch the latest season of "The Simpsons." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnW5ehBuD6A
       
 (DIR) Post #AjbXqLRFyv9tCoy0vo by onan@dobbs.town
       2024-07-05T01:10:48Z
       
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       @jasonpettus would like to read more about joke adjacent language, could you give me a source?Sounds not unlike “clapter.”
       
 (DIR) Post #AjcaFQlrgf0039ej1U by jasonpettus@mastodon.cloud
       2024-07-05T13:12:27Z
       
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       @onan I actually learned about it from a cheesy TV movie from the early 2000s called "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy." I watched it on my new subscription to Peacock, but it can also be watched for free on Tubi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT9KdQg4ck0